I think the difference would come down to public infrastructure which is informing the car where it is and what it can do.
Maybe. I find it a tad vague and just dont trust people to be able to understand the difference. We have already had cases where people read too much into the "auto pilot" claim and found themselves getting a tad too close to a truck.
dissonance - MemberMaybe. I find it a tad vague and just dont trust people to be able to understand the difference. We have already had cases where people read too much into the "auto pilot" claim and found themselves getting a tad too close to a truck.
Well I think with stricter definitions as to where you could apply it, you could have greater autonomy. Notice with the Audi system the car has to detect that you are separated from the opposite lane, not in a city and doing less than 40mph. It doesn't already know where it can and can't engage.
If there were clearly defined areas which met necessary standards in terms of road quality, size, markings etc then the car would know when it can go fully autonomous and where it needs to disengage as it gets close to a bad road or built up area.
The difference would be you aren't given the option unless criteria are fulfilled.
The difference would be you aren't given the option unless criteria are fulfilled.
But then you would have the fun of doing it securely.
Given the current performance of the car companies on security I cant say I would be hopeful.
Will open its door roughly on the way out leaving a satisfactory parking dent in the offending vehicle
That's tech I could get behind. A sensor on door edges that locks the hinge if the door is within a couple of inches of striking another surface. It'd be brilliant for negotiating bags of shopping or wriggly children whilst you're in a parking bay designed for a Fiat 500 (which appears to be "all UK parking bays"). You could just fling open the door and forget about it.
Or I suppose, you could do what some people do and just not give a shit about someone else's property. Whatever happened to those little rubber edge protector things that everyone had in the 90s anyway?
